Inspirational Hip Hop Song

In class, we have been watching an argument over whether or not hip hop degrades society.  Personally, I feel that it completely depends on the specific song, as well as how we, as individuals, interpret the lyrics of the song.  Sometimes, I just like a song simply because it has a catchy beat to it, not necessarily the whole meaning behind the lyrics.

I am personally arguing that hip hop, in general, does not degrade society.  Doing some simple research on Google, I found some truly inspirational hip hop songs.  I found one hip hop song that contains a Pathos claim.  This song, entitled "G.R.I.N.D. (Get Ready It's a New Day)", is by Asher Roth.  The arguments of this song are essentially that if you work hard, you will accomplish great things and that each day is a new day to do something good with your life.  Although the song contains minor curse words, they don't really take away from the meaning and argument of the song as much as it adds to it.

I found this song quite inspirational, and it is definitely not degrading society.  There really are a very inspirational hip hop and rap songs in this world, and I feel that we should start focusing more on the songs that are inspirational, rather than all of the songs that seem to be "degrading society".  Even the songs with a ton of curse words and inappropriate terms could still be considered motivational.  For example, many songs express the life of the artist, and the lives of these artists typically aren't perfect.

If you would like to listen to this song and read the lyrics to create your own opinion of the song, follow the link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr4qnylOhXQ